Marion High School

Marion High School operates as a high-enrollment four-year high school in Marion, Iowa, operated by Marion Independent School District. Current enrollment sits at 735 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 468 students per school, that is 57% bigger than typical.

Marion Independent School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,163 students. Marion High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Marion High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Other groups include 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Linn County as a whole.

On the resource side, Marion High School reports 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Linn County (around 40%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Marion High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 78.3%; this one comes in at 67.8%, -10.5 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Linn County) records that median household income runs about $77,649, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Marion High School is one of 83 public schools in Linn County (combined enrollment of about 36,480 students).

Nearest neighbor: Francis Marion Intermediate School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Marion High School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 76.3%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Marion High School's enrollment has rose 10% since 2018, when it stood at 670 (now 735).

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